TA8
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Burnham-on-Sea and Berrow, in Somerset.
Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an TA8 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In TA8, 92.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How TA8 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is TA8 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in TA8 at a rate of 91.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 95.6 per 1,000 people across the TA postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 184 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in TA8.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (660), other crime (279) and anti-social behaviour (275).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in TA8 was 73.7 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Deprivation in TA8, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so TA8 has no single figure. Of its 11 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in TA8
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sedgemoor 002D | 1,610 | 41.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 84.7% |
| Sedgemoor 002E | 1,579 | 31.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.5% |
| Sedgemoor 002G | 2,250 | 125.4 per 1,000 | 3 | 84.4% |
| Sedgemoor 002I | 1,526 | 27.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.3% |
| Sedgemoor 004A | 1,466 | 42.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 88.0% |
| Sedgemoor 004B | 1,564 | 134.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 85.7% |
| Sedgemoor 004C | 1,681 | 226.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.8% |
| Sedgemoor 004D | 1,609 | 89.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 92.6% |
| Sedgemoor 004E | 1,459 | 37.4 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.6% |
| Sedgemoor 005A | 1,720 | 35.1 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Sedgemoor 005D | 1,238 | 227.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.3% |
Your MP
- Sir Ashley FoxConservativeMP for Bridgwater
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in TA82
Postcode sectors in TA83
Council1
Towns in TA81
Postcode districts next to TA82
More in the TA postcode area2
TA8 in brief
TA8 is a postcode district covering Burnham-on-Sea and Berrow, in Somerset.
About 16,818 people lived in TA8 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £276,000 in 2025 across 315 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 91.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in TA8 was £276,000 in 2025.
TA8 had 17,031 usual residents at the census.
In TA8, 92.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In TA8, 2.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.